School Winners
Published 6:56 pm Sunday, September 13, 2015
MP grads earn memorial scholarships
Marysville-Pilchuck High School graduates Jazymn Allen and Taylor Tidrick were selected as the 2015 Caring for Your Community Scholarship awardees by the MP Memorial Foundation. Each receive a $1,000 scholarship toward the their continuing education.
Allen, who starts at Western Washington University this month, will be part of the University’s Woodring Scholars Program, a small-group learning experience only available to a select group of entering freshmen.
“This scholarship will help fuel my dream,” said Allen, who wants to become a high school guidance counselor. “I have a rugged past that has led me to be solely responsible for funding my education, and I cannot thank the Foundation enough for their help.”
Tidrick will attend Evergreen State College, where she plans to major in psychology. She wants to help young adults and teens as they navigate junior high and high school. “I want to give back for all the people who went out of their way to help me,” Tidrick said. “Everyone deserves another chance.”
The nonprofit MP Memorial Foundation provides education, community events, grants, and scholarships to people and organizations dedicated to improving the Marysville-Tulalip community. Learn more at www.mpmemorial.org.
National Merit semifinalists
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced the names of approximately 16,000 semifinalists in the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program. About 1.5 million juniors in more than 22,000 high schools entered the program by taking the 2014 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT).
Local semifinalists are listed below by school.
Edmonds-Woodway: Sarah Orsborn
Everett: Hank Tian
Archbishop Murphy: Samuel Myers
Meadowdale: Alec Sjoholm
Henry M. Jackson: Margaret Hebert, Matthew Lee
Kamiak: Michael Bae, Seonghun Cho, Nancy Jong, Elise Kim, Joon Lee, Angela Moon, Bryan Shin, Wooseok Yi
Glacier Peak: Thomas Bernardi, Mason Meyer, Laurienne Ojala
Snohomish: Ezra Anderson
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